as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot
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Recent Examples of woozy
Dowd, who had been woozy in the immediate aftermath of the play, left the game an inning later.
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Shotgun Spratling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The tone shifts, though, becoming myopic and even a little queasy once the film leaves high school behind and heads deeper into the forest, literally and figuratively, a shift that mimics the swoony, woozy, consumptive rush of first love — just what Hardwicke intended to capture.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
The black-and-white jacket, with its woozy vertical stripes, was designed by Pat Campano, who also made exuberant stage wear for the Supremes.
—Vincent Tullo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Shotgun Spratling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The tone shifts, though, becoming myopic and even a little queasy once the film leaves high school behind and heads deeper into the forest, literally and figuratively, a shift that mimics the swoony, woozy, consumptive rush of first love — just what Hardwicke intended to capture.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
The black-and-white jacket, with its woozy vertical stripes, was designed by Pat Campano, who also made exuberant stage wear for the Supremes.
—Vincent Tullo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woozy
Adjective
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Keen observers may witness small flocks of Phalaropes swimming in dizzy circles in the quiet ponds.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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There’s also something of the McIlroy highwire act with Alcaraz, especially in the breathless blitz of brilliance that rises to the top and then drops off from the dizzy heights of the rollercoaster.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Kirsh can tell that the eyeball is intelligent in a way that the real sheep wasn’t, and Kavalier is once again giddy to play with all these new toys that crashed into his lap.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2025
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McNamara weaves these bits in well, and Cumberbatch and Colman — so naturally giddy around each other — slowly start to, if not come apart, at least poke at each other.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woozy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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